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Mark Warburton may not have a hotline to José Mourinho, but the Brentford
manager says he has not been short of advice before the Sky Bet Championship
play-offs semi-final, second leg against Middlesbrough at the Riverside
Stadium tomorrow.

Aitor Karanka, the Middlesbrough head coach, revealed that Mourinho had
contacted him before the first leg at Griffin Park last Friday, which the
Teesside club won 2-1. Karanka had worked as assistant to Mourinho at Real
Madrid.

However, Warburton has his own contacts at the top level of English football,
having stayed in close contact with Brendan Rodgers, the Liverpool manager,
and